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Hitchhiking from Zagreb to Hamburg

About 23 h 09 min of hitchhiking — roughly 1677 km in 9 ride(s), including about 4 h 54 min of waiting by the road. These figures come from rides hitchhikers logged on this map, not from an estimate.

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Step by step

  1. Get from Zagreb to 45.76074, 15.90163 — 8.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 18.5 km (11 min) from 45.76074, 15.90163 to Odmorište Gradna - sjever. Expect around 48 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 130.6 km (1 h 18 min) from Odmorište Gradna - sjever to Ljubljana. Expect around 37 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Walk 7.4 km (1 h 29 min) from Ljubljana to Celovška cesta, Ljubljana.
  5. Hitch 58.5 km (35 min) from Celovška cesta, Ljubljana to Petrol - Bled - Ljubljanska jug. Expect around 23 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Hitch 385.3 km (3 h 51 min) from Petrol - Bled - Ljubljanska jug to Holzkirchen Nord. Expect around 2 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  7. Hitch 126.1 km (1 h 16 min) from Holzkirchen Nord to Autobahnraststätte Augsburg Ost. Expect around 1 h 02 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 223.7 km (2 h 14 min) from Autobahnraststätte Augsburg Ost to Rasthof Pforzheim. Expect around 32 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 59.8 km (36 min) from Rasthof Pforzheim to Forst. Expect around 32 min of waiting here. 7 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Hitch 172.0 km (1 h 43 min) from Forst to Wetterau Ost. Expect around 35 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  11. Hitch 502.4 km (5 h 01 min) from Wetterau Ost to Hamburg. Expect around 23 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  12. Get from a hitchhiking spot near Hamburg to Hamburg — 2.2 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“I walked here for 4 hours from the centre, because other spots did not exist before. But the spot was perfect. After 10 minutes a Slovak took me to Ljubljana and from there I got 5 minutes later directly a ride across Austria to my home”
― Jesse, Mon 2026-05-11 · 45.76074, 15.90163
“A lot of traffic but noone taking us to Rijeka, in the end we made a sign for Karlovač and got picked up. It’s on a crossroads near a pedestrian crossing, just next to the on-ramp for the highway. Nice runoff area for pickup.”
― Joachim, Fri 2025-08-15 · 45.76074, 15.90163
“Good spot! Its at the entry of the highway, but there is enough space to stop. Got a ride after 35 minutes with a man who works in Zagreb but lives in Slovenia. He took me straight to Ljubljana :)”
― Carl07, Fri 2026-07-10 · 45.76074, 15.90163
“Got lucky a guy bring us to the gas station after Slovenia border but there is not so much cars, mostly with Zagreb shields”
― ptulish, Sun 2026-06-21 · 45.76074, 15.90163
“We had to give up on this spot. We wanted to go to Graz (we had a sign) .There were too many croatian cars and not croatian cars were either full or were going to the opposite direction. I don't know if we were there at a bad time (10:40 - 11:40) or if it is just a bad spot but the result was the same. After that we went on to the highway and hitchhiked on the side. A guy going to Germany took u”
― griuf, Fri 2026-08-14 · 45.76074, 15.90163
“A lot of tourists going back to Poland, Slovakia, Czechia and Austria. Lot of space for cars to stop. Also the gas station that is close has very nice staff. They gave me cardboard and a marker to write my sign.”
― Jamez, Sat 2026-09-05 · 45.76074, 15.90163
“Petrol station, direction Ljublana. Not very dense traffic.”
― Anonymous, Wed 2013-09-11 · Odmorište Gradna - sjever
“A lot of drivers, even at night. Easy spot for Ljubljana and Italy.”
― Rafal, Sat 2023-05-06 · Odmorište Gradna - sjever
“super spot to catch a car to Bled”
― Anonymous, Mon 2024-08-12 · Celovška cesta, Ljubljana
“Sign "A2 BLED" Planned to also ask the people at the gas station but it was not necessary for picked up instantaneously”
― waldlaeufer, Sat 2025-09-13 · Celovška cesta, Ljubljana

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Waiting times and distances are averages from community-logged rides. Travel time assumes 100 km/h in a car and 5 km/h walking. They are not guarantees.


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